The Black History 101 Mobile Museum, based in Detroit MI, has been collecting examples of derogatory images of Black Americans used by companies to sell their products. Here is an example from the early 1900s from the Dixie Peanut Company. Look for the Black History 101 Mobile Museum on Facebook.

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Detroit native Kim Weston singing at Wattstax in 1966; introduced by Rev. Jesse Jackson. James Rosamond Johnson, actor and composer of “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing”, was born in Jackson Florida in 1873. James Rosamond wrote the music, and his brother, James Weldon Johnson, wrote the music. This song is often referred to as

The Original Choctaw Code Talkers (circa 1918)

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JFK Defines “Liberal”

“If by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people-their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights and their civil liberties-someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal", then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal.”
― John F. Kennedy, Profiles in Courage